New mother Abigail Strojan said many of her pregnant friends are worried over the closure
Two birthing centres are to temporarily close as midwives are moved to hospitals to cope with a "baby boom".
Staff have been drafted in to help colleagues at the main hospitals in Portsmouth to cope with the surge.
The Grange Maternity Centre in Petersfield and the Blake unit in Gosport will shut from Saturday.
Health chiefs said it was unclear what had caused the surge in births but it could be down to last winter's snowstorms which kept people off work.
They said midwives had to help in the busiest wards at the main hospitals.
The district centres are due to reopen in January.
But some mothers fear for the future of the Blake unit and have started a Facebook campaign.
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust denied any plans to shut the unit and said the two centres would still offer anti-natal and post-natal services during the closure.
Mother Abigail Strojan had her baby son Hunter George at the Grange last week.
She said: "It is great for us because we live just up the road.
"But I've seen the disappointment amongst friends of mine which are expecting [because of the closure].
"It has already put a bit of a cloud over the whole community."
Jayne Jempson, midwife, said: "We are committed to providing choice and quality care to all the women in our service.
"What we need to make sure is that the midwives are where the women are."
- Published8 September 2010
- Published1 September 2010
